CAN

Description: SHORT, CYLINDER SHAPED, TIN CAN. PAINTED GREEN. PAINTED ONTO SIDES OF CAN, IN YELLOW, IS "MOONLIGHT MELLOS THE PATTERSON CANDY CO. LIMITED TORONTO CANADA". TO THE RIGHT OF THIS IS THE IMAGE OF A YOUNG GIRL, SITTING ON A VINE, IN FRONT OF A FULL MOON. AND, TO THE RIGHT OF THIS, IN YELLOW, IS GOOD FOR BAKING TOPPING CAKES EATING AND TOASTING. ALL OF THE ABOVE IS REPEATED ON OPPOSITE SIDE OF CAN. PAINT IS CHIPPING AND FADING. LID OF CAN IS ALSO PAINTED GREEN, ALTHOUGH FADING. SCRATCHED INTO LID IS "A. ULRICKSON". BOTTOM OF CAN HAS SMOKE DAMAGE.

History: CAN BELONGED TO MABEL ULRICKSON (1905-1982), AND WAS PURCHASED ABOUT 1930. AFTER CONTENTS OF WERE USED, CAN WAS USED AS A COOKIE CONTAINER. CAN SAT ON OLD COAL STOVE; HENCE SMOKE DAMAGE. DONOR REMEMBERS CAN FROM HIS CHILDHOOD. DONOR WAS RAISED IN LETHBRIDGE. HIS FAMILY FIRST CAME TO SOUTHERN ALBERTA IN 1942; HIS FATHER WAS A CARPENTER AND SPENT WAR YEARS BUILDING HANGERS AT AIRPORT. *UPDATE* IN 2018, COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT ELISE PUNDYK CONDUCTED A COLLECTIONS SURVEY, WHICH INCLUDED ARTIFACTS DONATED BY THIS DONOR. PUNDYK CONNECTED WITH THE DONOR’S SON AND NO FURTHER INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED. PLEASE SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR FURTHER CONTEXTUAL INFORMATION REGARDING THIS FILE. PLEASE SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR INFORMATION REGARDING THE DISPLAY OF THIS ARTIFACT.